Thinking About A New Phone? Get Ready For A Sticker Shock

13 October, 2018

Also, Googleannounced a new tablet at the "Made by Google" keynote, which runs Chrome OS instead of Android. The new Pixel-branded phones will anchor a product event Tuesday in NY. Google is utilizing the smarts from its Duplex technology, which dispatches a virtual assistant to make eerily human-sounding calls for you, to launch a new call-screening feature on the Pixel 3.

Going by the product specs, the Gamevice Pixel 3 XL device pulls power from the phone rather than relying on an internal battery.

Unfortunately, Google hasn't announced exactly when this device is hitting the shelves.

The Pixel 3 isn't exactly a major reinvention of the Pixel design or display - it's half an inch bigger at 5.5-inches thanks to thinner bezels, a tweaked aspect ratio and curved-edged screens. Furthermore, the email is said to show a large numeric three transitioning from Black and White to Mint colours.

As per Android Central, new Pixel phones were rumoured to focus on gesture navigation, bar the centre "pill" and a back button, which only appears when necessary. Google has stuck with a single rear 12.2-megapixel camera on both its new phones, continuing to resist the dual-camera industry trend.

For the time being, the Pixel 2 will continue to retail alongside its upgrade.

In a sample image, Google compared two identical shots, one taken on an iPhone XS and the other on a Pixel 3.

Except I'm thinking about it now, as the Pixel 3 prepares to go on sale next week in Singapore (with Singtel and Starhub). To add fuel to the fire, Pixel 3 XL was already being sold in Russian Federation one week before the product was even announced.

There will be two front-facing cameras for double selfie action, with a standard and wide angle lens. Its soft TPU material adds grip without covering up the Pixel 3's beauty, and precise cutouts ensure it doesn't get in the way of the charging port, camera, and speakers. The feature of all these devices is that they have increased artificial intelligence.

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